British Mercantilism and Its Impact on American Colonies

Learn about how British mercantilism fueled economic imbalance, slavery, and revolution in the American colonies, leading to the rise of free trade and the end of mercantilism.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Death Is a Chance to Examine the Present-Day Effects of Britain’s Colonial Past

Some see Queen Elizabeth II's death as an opportunity to acknowledge the struggles of those who were affected by British ...
The New Yorker

The British Empire Was Much Worse Than You Realize

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...
CNN

King Charles III will confront Britain’s colonial past when he visits Kenya

When King Charles III visits Kenya next week, he’ll do something no other member of his family has done in the country. That’s because, in addition to the usual fare of state banquets and such, he’s ...
The Nation

Worldwide Devastation

British colonials with a pet cheetah in Secunderabad, India, 1906. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images) In 2005, Britain’s then–Labour chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, chose the backdrop of ...
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Colonial rebellion began with Britain's 'tax bomb'

The United States marked its 250th anniversary this year. Since its independence in 1776, the U.S. territory has expanded approximately 11 times, and its population has surged 135 times. It became the ...
The New York Times

In Africa, the queen’s death renews a debate about the legacy of the British Empire.

While some in Africa paid tribute to the deceased monarch, others stressed Britain’s violent colonial history on the continent. By Abdi Latif Dahir Lynsey Chutel and Elian Peltier NAIROBI, Kenya — ...

Britain Can No Longer Hide Behind the Myth That Its Empire Was Benign

The British Empire was built and sustained on coercion and systematic violence. It's time to be honest about that fact.